Disney on Ice

A few weeks ago Mike came home and said he'd like to take the kids to Disney on Ice. Those are not words I ever thought I'd hear before - we've never been and I don't like crowds - but I did want to take the kids so we checked on tickets. Wow, unless they were in the nosebleeds they were expensive. I said it was probably not a good time - but then I thought maybe my old friend Abi could help. By saying old friend, I don't mean someone who is ancient, but rather someone I met many years ago. I haven't seen Abi in over 7 years, I was her supervisor at Convergys and "refriended" each other on Facebook. She works for Larry H. Miller and it turns out she can get some killer seats at an amazing discount! We were able to sit really close, for our whole family for less than the nosebleeds seats. Mike wants to know how often I can call on my friend for help, probably not frequently but I really appreciate being able to take my kids and having seats they could enjoy the show!
We didn't tell the kids where we were going, and just said we had a surprise for them. Saturday morning we went to Salt Lake and ate lunch at Gateway - the whole time they pestered us about what we were doing. Grace asked if we were going to Boondocks, I said better, she then exclaimed McDonalds!?. My kids don't have very big imaginations..... After lunch we headed over to the ESA. While were driving the kids started seeing some kids dressed up - I asked the kids what they thought it was and Grace thought it was a costume party.

Max loved it! he was so excited, I brought his Buzz costume and many people told him how great it was, he got a big kick out of it. I had a princess dress for Grace, but she didn't want to wear it. And no, I wasn't about to buy her a Jessie costume, I'm mean.

Grace wasn't too sure of the loud music at first, but she got used to it.

Love her face, Mickey and Minnie had just come out on the ice - she's a big fan!

Love Max's face - this is where Zurg comes out and the music is intense - he was mesmerized. I've never seen him so calm for so long!

Grace of course was scared, she's a pansy!

Max stood like this most of the show, the poor lady in front of him didn't seem to mind, I kept sitting him back down but he got right back up. (Just like Primary....)

Grace was all smiles, with a bucket of popcorn! Love her smiles!

Ken was one of my favorites to watch, he's was pretty dang good.

Max loves to close his eyes for pictures.

Outside the ESA afterwards - we really had a great day! It was fun to see the kids enjoy the show so much, it made me want to go to Disneyland - and that's a long time away I'm sure.